Historic Review Board

HISTORIC REVIEW BOARD October 13th, 2020 Virtual Meeting 4:30 PM Live Viewing Online: Request Access by emailing before 4:00pm on Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 to Penelope G. Karagounis, Planning Director at pkaragounis@fortmillsc.gov Public Access by Phone: Dial (toll free) 1-866-899-4679 and use access code 187-117-301 AGENDA CALL TO ORDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. HRB Meeting: August 11th, 2020 [Pages 2-3] NEW BUSINESS 1. Request for Certificate of Appropriateness [Pages 4-24] Applicant Name: Fort Mill Animal Hospital/Ellis & Berman Real Estate, LLC Owner Name: Ellis & Berman Real Estate, LLC Property Address: 240 Main Street Purpose: Request approval for guttering and downspouts Zoning: LC, Local Commercial Historic District ADJOURN The following press was notified of the meeting by email or fax in accordance of the Freedom of Information Act: The Herald; CN2; WRHI; Fort Mill Times and WBTV. The agenda was also posted at the entrance to Town Hall the required length of time and on the Town website. The Town of Fort Mill is committed to assuring accessibility with reasonable accommodation, of Town services and facilities for all individuals, in compliance with federal law. Please contact the Town Manager’s Office at 803-547-2116 if you need assistance. 1  MINUTES TOWN OF FORT MILL HISTORIC REVIEW BOARD August 11th, 2020 Virtual Meeting 4:30 PM Present: Chairman Louis Roman, Assistant Chairman David Booth, Megan Brinton, Scott Couchenour, Samantha Nifong, Planning Director Penelope Karagounis, Senior Planner Alex Moore Guests: Rick Damon CALL TO ORDER Chairman Louis Roman called the meeting to order at 4:30 PM. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Chairman Roman entertained a motion to approve the minutes from the January 14th, 2020, meeting as presented. Scott Cochenhour made a motion to approve the minutes. Samantha Nifong seconded the motion. The minutes were then approved with by a vote of 5-0. NEW BUSINESS Chairman Roman opened the new business portion of the meeting by noting the contents of the agenda and the associated packet of information. There was one new business item on the agenda which included a request for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) submitted by the Fort Mill History Museum to add new guttering and downspouts to their building located at 107 Clebourne Street. Senior Planner Moore then introduced the request as submitted by the Fort Mill History Museum. This COA request and review by HRB was required because the property is both on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) and located within the Town of Fort Mill Historic District. Moore then illustrated the particulars of the request using the materials as provided within the HRB meeting packet. This included façade elevations indicating the location of the proposed gutters and downspouts. Moore then provided the recommendation that the HRB grant APPROVAL for the Certificate of Appropriateness for the proposed gutters and downspouts. Senior Planner Moore then opened the floor to questions from HRB members. 2 HRB member Megan Brinton had a question about the location of the proposed downspout on the left, front façade of the museum. Rick Damon, representing the Fort Mill History Museum, noted that the downspout would be flush against the trim area of this façade. HRB member David Booth asked if the intent was for the color and alignment of the downspout to be the same as the existing trim as much as possible. Rick Damon indicated that the trim is a light, cream-like color and that the downspouts and guttering would indeed match the trim as closely as possible, if not identical. There being no other questions or comments, Chairman Roman entertained a motion. HRB member Scott Cochenour made a motion to approve the COA request as presented. HRB member Megan Brinton seconded the motion. Then, by a vote of 5-0 the HRB voted to approve the COA request as presented. Chairman Roman asked if there was anything else that needed to be discussed. Planning Director Penelope Karagounis noted that there was going to be a virtual continuing education class on greenways, with a tentative date of September 24th at 6:00 PM. There being no other business, Chairman Roman adjourned the meeting at 4:43 PM. Respectfully submitted, Alex J. Moore, AICP Senior Planner October 1st, 2020 3  H ISTORIC R EVIEW B OARD Applicant: Fort Mill Animal Hospital/Ellis & Berman Real Estate, LLC Property Owner: Ellis & Berman Real Estate, LLC Property Address: 240 Main Street Tax Map: 020-03-01-009 Zoning District: Local Commercial, LC/Downtown Historic District Zoning Case: 2020-0564 REQUEST The Planning Department has received an application for a Certificate of Appropriateness (COA) from Fort Mill Animal Hospital/Ellis & Berman Real Estate, LLC. The purpose of this COA request is for maintenance and façade improvements for the building located at 240 Main Street. SITE DESCRIPTION AND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION PLAN The current occupant of this property is the Fort Mill Animal Hospital. They have indicated via their submittal that they intend to do an extensive maintenance and façade improvement project. This building was constructed in 1963 or earlier per the property tax card (see attached). The earliest date on this tax card is 2/23/63. The property has been an animal hospital since at least the 1980s. The building is within the Town of Fort Mill Historic Preservation District, but it is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Staff research indicates that the original architecture of this building would be categorized as Art Moderne. This type of design, along with the perhaps better-known Art Deco architectural style, found a home within service station plans beginning in the mid-1930s in the form of the “oblong-box” model. Within this time-frame petroleum companies began exploring better functionality for their service stations. Common elements of the Art Moderne/oblong-box architectural style include stucco exteriors, flat roofs, horizontal emphasis, smooth surfaces, glass block, speed lines, little ornamentation, curved metal hoods, and porthole openings. Oblong-box style service stations continued to be built into the 1970s.i 4 Vicinity Map 5 Gasoline station types identified by an analysis of illustrations in National Petroleum News. 1910 through 1970.ii 6  Designer Walter Dorwin Teague developed an early and influential streamlined Moderne design for The Texas Company (Texaco) in 1934. Teague’s prototype had curved corners and eye-catching, simple green and red details. Soon other national companies instructed designers to follow suit. Socony-Vacuum Company (now Mobil Oil) hired prominent industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes to develop streamlined buildings. Most stations featured a flat roof, minimal details, the use of porcelain metal panels and a rounded corner with inset office and retail area.iii 7 Many of the components of the Art Moderne, oblong-box architectural style can be seen in the photo below of 240 Main Street in Fort Mill. These include a flat roof, a horizontal emphasis, smooth surfaces, porcelain metal panels, and porthole openings. 8 The next available photograph that we have of 240 Main Street is from the 1980s. At this juncture, the building had been somewhat altered. Additionally, architectural fins were added at some point prior to this at each end of the building along with a redesign of the entrance area, which included slanted/angled windows. However, these alterations represent a continued emphasis on modernist design elements on the exterior of this building. 9 Below is a much more recent photograph which indicates essentially the same façade as was present in the 1980s, apart from a change of color. 10 HISTORIC DISTRICT DESIGN GUIDELINES REVIEW It is the intent of the historic district ordinance to insure, insofar as possible, that buildings or structures designated as historic shall be in harmony with the architectural and historical character of the Town of Fort Mill. In granting a certificate of appropriateness (COA) the HRB shall take into account the architectural or historical significance of the structure under consideration and the exterior form and appearance of any proposed additions or modifications to that structure as well as the effect of such change or addition upon other structures in the vicinity. Further, when considering an application for a COA for alteration, repair, or restoration, the HRB shall use the Secretary of Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation as guidelines in making its decisions. These guidelines are to serve as the basis for determining the approval, approval with modification, or denial of a COA. These guidelines are listed below. The staff findings are in bold and underlined. 1) Every reasonable effort shall be made to provide a compatible use for a property which requires minimal alteration of the building, structure, or site and its environment, or to use a property for its original intended purpose. The current use of the property is an animal hospital. This use will continue with only aesthetic changes to the building. 2) The distinguishing original qualities or character of a building, structure, or site and its environment shall not be destroyed. The removal or alteration of any historic material or distinctive architectural features should be avoided when possible. The original qualities and character of this building are not being destroyed. 3) All buildings, structures, and sites shall be recognized as products of their own time. Alterations that have no historical basis and which seek to create an earlier appearance shall be discouraged. The proposed aesthetic changes will in fact appropriately enhance the modernist architecture of the building. 4) Changes which have taken place in the course of time are evidence of the history development of a building, structure, or site and its environment. These changes may have acquired significance in their own right, and this significance shall be recognized and respected. In comparing the vintage photograph of the Pure Oil business with those more recently taken in the 1980s and later, it appears there are some changes to the building that may have acquired “significance in their own right.” These features include the architectural fins on either end of the building, along with the angled glass elements comprising the front windows. These are representative modernist design. The proposed external enhancements also contain elements of modernist design which should serve to augment the existing conditions. 5) Distinctive stylistic features or examples of skilled craftsmanship which characterize a building, structure or site shall be treated with sensitivity. It is anticipated that distinctive features of this building will be treated with sensitivity. 6) Deteriorated architectural features shall be repaired rather than replaced wherever possible. In the event replacement is necessary, the new material should match the material being replaced in composition, design, color, texture, and other visible qualities. Repair or replacement of missing architectural features should be based on accurate duplications of features, substantiated by history, physical, or pictorial 11  evidence rather than on conjectural designs or the availability of different architectural elements from other buildings. It is anticipated that any replacement of deteriorated architectural features will appropriately match the existing materials. 7) The surface cleaning of structures shall be undertaken with the gentlest means possible. Sandblasting and other cleaning methods that will damage the historic building material shall not be undertaken. It is anticipated that any required surface cleaning will be undertaken with the gentlest means possible. 8) Every reasonable effort should be made to protect and preserve archaeological resources affected by, or adjacent to the property. There are no known archaeological resources that will be affected by this project. 9) Contemporary design for alterations and additions to existing properties shall not be discouraged when such alterations and additions do not destroy significant historical, architectural or cultural materials, and such design is compatible with the size, scale, color, material, and character of the property, neighborhood, or environment. The proposed enhancements will not destroy any significant historical, architectural, or cultural materials. Additionally, the design will be compatible with the size, scale, material, and character of the property. 10) Wherever possible, new additions or alterations to structures shall be done in such a manner that if such additions or alterations were to be removed in the future, the essential form and integrity of the structure would be unimpaired. The proposed external improvements should not harm the form and integrity of the structure in the event they are removed in the future. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Planning Staff recommends that the HRB grant APPROVAL for a Certificate of Appropriateness to allow exterior maintenance and improvements, as proposed within the submitted drawings, for the exterior of the Fort Mill Animal Hospital at 240 Main Street. _________________________________________________________ i https://www.historycolorado.org/oblong-box-gas-station ii Journal of American Culture; Fall, 1978; The American Gasoline Station, 1920 to 1970; John A. Jakle iii http://preservationresearch.com/south-st-louis/the-streamlined-standard-service-station-in-shaw/ 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22  FORT MILL ANIMAL HOSPITAL LEGEND Field Color 1 (Painted Brick areas, Vertical Fins) SW- xxxx (color name) l [I � 111 Field Color 3 (Corrugated Metal) SW-xxxx (color name) Vertical Fin Clean and Repaint Existing Surface, Install new Accent Color 1 (Fascias) .• Entry Glass Area Veterinary symbol Signage Re-Glaze Existing Metal Frame Windows, Alternate: SW-xxxx (color name) Provide new Anodized Aluminum Storefront -22'-0" AFF Main Entry Door Field Color 2 (Siding Panel Areas) Replace Existing 3068 Door with New Single Light French Door SW-xxxx (color name) Corrugated Metal Fascia Recondition/Paint/Replace as required Metal Fascia and Coping (Upper) -14'-0" AFF Repair/Replace Existing Fascia & Coping as Req'd Alternate: Provide new Hardie Fascia, new coping. Soffit I Provide new Vented Hardie Panel Soffit as req'd -10'-0" AFF Infill Bay I (Board and Batten Panelling/Door) 'Provide New Hardie Lap S1aing Metal Fascia and Cooina flower) 7'-0" AFF Repair/Replace Existing Fasci�f& CB'pihg as Req"d Alternate: Provide new Hardie Fascia, new coping. Infill Bay II (Board and Batten Panelling) 'Provide New Hardie Lap S1aing Infill Bay Ill (Board and Batten Panelling/Door) 'Provide New Hardie Lap S1aing Downspout e Replace and Conceal Existing Downspout Receptical Area EXISTING BUILDING LENGTH - 60'-0" Provide new Wood Slat Screen wall at existing Trash Receptical Area 4'-0" AFF FOR OWNER REVIEW FRONT ELEVATION - PROPOSED scale: 1/8" = 1'-0"@11x17 August3,2020 23  �FORT MILL t\l ANIMAL HOSPITAL rmmrn LEGEND Field Color 1 (Painted Brick areas, Vertical Fins) Field Color 3 (Corrugated Metal) SW- xxxx (color name) SW-xxxx (color name) 0 Vertical Fin Accent Color 1 (Fascias) SW-xxxx (color name) C, Entry Glass Area Field Color 2 (Siding Panel Areas) E) Corrugated Metal Fascia SW-xxxx (color name) FOR OWNER REVIEW SIDE ELEVATION - PROPOSED scale: 1/8" = 1'-0"@11x17 August 3, 2020 24